Monday, October 29, 2012

China steps carefully with protesting middle class

China steps carefully with protesting middle class

China steps carefully with protesting middle class

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:21 AM PDT

Chinese police officers monitor residents gathered outside the city government office in Ningbo city in eastern China's Zhejiang province Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. After three days of protests by thousands of citizens over pollution fears, a local Chinese government relented and agreed that the petrochemical factory would not be expanded, only to see the protests persist. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)A victory by protesters against the expansion of a chemical plant proves the new rule in China: The authoritarian government is scared of middle-class rebellion and will give in if the demonstrators' aims are limited and not openly political.

Afghan raid kills 4 Taliban, 3 civilian bystanders

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:23 AM PDT

An Afghan army officer says a pre-dawn raid in the eastern province of Ghazni killed four Taliban and three civilian bystanders.

Survivors criticize Myanmar gov't over clashes

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 05:25 AM PDT

CORRECTS THE NAME OF THE REFUGEE CAMP - Muslim women gather at Thechaung refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Myanmar's government said Monday it has boosted security in the western state hit by ethnic and sectarian unrest as the number of displaced rose to 28,000 people, mostly Muslims. The latest violence between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, which began Oct. 21, killed at least 84 people and injured 129 more, according to the government. Human rights groups believe the true toll could be far higher. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)Survivors of ethnic clashes in western Myanmar lashed out at the government Monday for failing to prevent violence between Muslims and Buddhists that has displaced more than 28,000 people over the last week.

UN says 28,000 displaced in Myanmar ethnic clashes

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:35 AM PDT

A Muslim woman weeps as she and others arrive at Thechaung camp refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Boats carrying some of those fleeing arrived outside the state capital, Sittwe. They trudged to the nearby Thechaung camp, a place already home to thousands of Rohingya Muslims who took refuge there after a previous wave of violence in June. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)Myanmar's government said Monday it has boosted security in a western state hit by ethnic and sectarian unrest as the number of displaced rose to 28,000 people, mostly Muslims.

Chinese protest factory even after official pledge

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:39 PM PDT

A Chinese woman is taken away by Chinese police officers during a protest against the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory outside the city government office in Zhejiang province's Ningbo city, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. After a weekend of protests by thousands of citizens over pollution fears, a local Chinese government relented Sunday and agreed that a petrochemical factory would not be expanded, only to see the protesters refuse to halt their demonstration. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Protests against the expansion of a factory are resuming in an eastern China city despite a local government pledge to halt the project.

UN says 22,000 displaced in latest Myanmar unrest

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 05:27 PM PDT

A Muslim woman weeps as she and others arrive at Thechaung camp refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Boats carrying some of those fleeing arrived outside the state capital, Sittwe. They trudged to the nearby Thechaung camp, a place already home to thousands of Rohingya Muslims who took refuge there after a previous wave of violence in June. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)Victims of Myanmar's latest explosion of Muslim-Buddhist violence fled to already packed displacement camps along the country's western coast, with a top U.N. official saying the unrest has forced more than 22,000 people from their homes.
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